Cindy E. Harnett reports: Two years after it was alleged that a Victoria urologist photographed an unconscious obese male patient and sent the picture to others for non-medical reasons, the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons has yet to rule on the case. The privacy breach is alleged to have occurred on July 4, 2013,…
IN: Defunct “My Fast Lab” leaves patient information exposed
Giles Bruce reports yet another instance where a firm or covered entity closes and confidential data is just dumped, unshredded. I wish HHS and/or FTC would go after more of these situations and impose some serious consequences to send a clear message that this will not be tolerated. Medical tests. Copies of Social Security cards,…
Abandoned autopsy lab in Tobolsk, Siberia still has medical records, human remains
This is a somewhat bizarre – and disturbing – breach involving medical records and human remains. Police have launched an investigation after an abandoned autopsy laboratory containing mummified baby remains was discovered in a park. The gruesome facility in Tobolsk, which may have been used as recently three years ago, was stumbled across by a…
Data hacked from U.S. government dates back to 1985: U.S. official
Andrea Shalal and Matt Spetalnick report: Data stolen from U.S. government computers by suspected Chinese hackers included security clearance information and background checks dating back three decades, U.S. officials said on Friday, underlining the scope of one of the largest known cyber attacks on federal networks. Of the four million federal employees whose data were…
UK: Laptop with MoD Donnington employee details stolen
Shropshire Star reports a laptop with personal details – including bank account details – of employees at the Ministry of Defense Donnington base was stolen from the car of an employee of Kuehne and Nagel on Tuesday. “We Kuehne and Nagel confirm that the company laptop of an employee went missing, presumed stolen, on June…
Scammers get personal info from 150 people on U-M email system
John Counts reports: Some email accounts of University of Michigan students and staff have been compromised, according to an alert posted on the school’s public safety departmental website Thursday. The alert says that more than 150 people on the system have fallen victim to “phishing emails” this week. People who have clicked on the scam…